Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist revolutionary organization that was formed in 1967 by George Habash. The PFLP pioneered aircraft hijackings during the 1960s and 1970s, but the group renounced the use of suicide bombers. Its Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades have fought against Israel during the intifadas, and the PFLP has been funded by Iran ever since Hamas moved away from Iran due to supporting the Syrian Opposition during the Syrian Civil War; the PFLP supports the government of Syria, which has given it refuge during the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Its holds 3/132 seats in the Legislative Council of Palestine, and it believes that both Fatah and Hamas are illegal.